diff --git a/gio/gresource.dtd b/gio/gresource.dtd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b79fad35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gio/gresource.dtd
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<!--
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+  SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 JCWasmx86
+-->
+
+<!ELEMENT gresources (gresource)* >
+
+<!ELEMENT gresource (file)* >
+<!ATTLIST gresource prefix CDATA #IMPLIED >
+
+<!ELEMENT file (#PCDATA) >
+<!ATTLIST file alias      CDATA                                         #IMPLIED
+               compressed (true|false)                                  #IMPLIED
+               preprocess (xml-stripblanks|to-pixdata|json-stripblanks) #IMPLIED >
diff --git a/gio/meson.build b/gio/meson.build
index b19c59fa0..abe2f8498 100644
--- a/gio/meson.build
+++ b/gio/meson.build
@@ -1020,6 +1020,10 @@ glib_compile_resources = executable('glib-compile-resources',
   # intl.lib is not compatible with SAFESEH
   link_args : noseh_link_args,
   dependencies : [libgio_dep, libgobject_dep, libgmodule_dep, libglib_dep, gvdb_dep])
+install_data('gresource.dtd',
+  install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'glib-2.0/dtds',
+  install_tag: 'devel',
+)
 
 # Cannot override those programs in cross compilation case because they are
 # native executables that cannot be run on the build machine.